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this is a huge problem I have found with our Cars... This should be a recall.!!!
I don't know what to do ..Fix it??? Get a new (USED) engine..??? Trade it in..??
The dealer here in Texas said he will give me $10K to trade it in?
SO FRUSTRATED!!! Please let me know if you have had any luck with recalls.
has serious issues with this engine due to the AFM. I have owned other GM 5.3's
with no issues. 07-08 have a quality issue which is the same years GM was having financial issues. Bye GM. Hello Toyota, now the largest car maker. GM was the largest auto maker. I wonder why GM lost #1?
Do you still have your Tahoe, and if so are you planning on getting your cam concern looked into? Keep us posted - we're available to you if you should need any assistance in the process of working with a dealership.
Sarah, GM Customer Service
While it is not a GM website and GM is not responsible for its contents, this article on the Top 5 Signs of Engine Trouble may be helpful for you.
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Sarah, GM Customer Service
My mileage is about 50K now and in the last six months my engine light came on requiring a $600 fix at the dealership because without it, my power start wouldn't work. When i brought it in, I also advised them that my Onstar wasn't working. No blue light. I was told they could replace the unit for another $500. I can't afford that. My driver's side automatic mirror won't tilt up and down. That will cost me $400 and I can't afford that either. Finally, sometimes when I start my truck, the blinkers don't make blinking sounds and at the same time, my stereo system won't play in stereo. Turning the truck off and waiting about 15 minutes will reset that but it is a pain. They won't even give me a quote on fixing that, except that they will replace the speakers and check the connections, but don't know if that will fix it. Tonight, the rear hatch stopped opening with remote, or handle power button. Was I stupid to buy a Tahoe rather than leasing another one? Are they no longer built to last? This is a 4-year old, garaged, back and forth to work 25 miles round trip truck. We take it on family trips because it's bigger than my husband's Hyundai (a 2003 with no problems, ever ever). The warranty is up so everything starts going? I am still paying for this truck and though for sure I would be able to count on the systems to run at least through my final car payment. Is there anything that would cause all these things to just "go" in six months? I'm afraid to take it back into my dealer, I just can't afford all these repairs.
Dave.
It sounds like you either have a blend door actuator failure or an iced up evaporator core causing the a/c blower to not blow into the cabin well enough.
There are blend doors for both the driver and passenger side of the vehicle - they open and close based on temperature input from the a/c controller - which blends the cold air coming from the evaporator box with outside/ambient cabin air to make the air temp you've commanded on the climate control panel.
If say the passenger side fails - whatever position it was in when it failed it will stay that way. If it was more to the outside air position then the passenger will feel mostly warm outside air in the summer. Of course in the winter the air coming from that side would be cold because the outside air is cold and the door isn't allowing any heater air to come to that side of the vehicle.
I'm having trouble finding exactly how many and where the actuators but I did a quick search on google for tahoe blend door actuator and found quite a bit of good info in the form of text, images, and video.
The other possibility might be that your evaporator drain is clogged which causes the a/c evap box to collect water in the bottom which then causes the evap core to freeze blocking any cold air from coming into the cabin. If you continue to feel cold air blowing out on the driver side when the passenger sides stops blowing cold air this is probably not your problem.
The actuators are cheaply made and fail all the time in many GM vehicles - in my 98 Buick park avenue there are 5 of them and only one is still working. Luckily for me the doors failed when they were in a good position to cool.
SM
Thanks for the info.
Dave
I've always always had Chevys. But I am convinced they don't know their product. If the computer can't tell them what's wrong, they can't figure it out and just start replacing things while I hemorrhage cash.
Ideas?